Stabroek Weekend

Fresh flower arrangements always add an elegant touch to any decor, and with a choice of the right colours can really convey the feel of the season.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – For many years, diabetes  experts assumed that the closer they could get a diabetic  patient’s blood sugar level to what is considered normal, the  better.

The Guiana Times News Magazine 1946-1966 By Nigel Westmaas‘Guiana Times does not sell propaganda it sells news carefully analysed and served up in a tasty way.’

Obituary Desrey Clementine Fox, née Caesar, Minister in the Ministry of Education and former Curator of the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology, died on December 11, 2009, aged 54.

The distinctive National Schools Chess Cham-pionship that was held last weekend for the second year in succession sent an unambiguous message to the organisers and sponsors of the tournament.

A Gardener’s Diary I expect everyone reading this column will be familiar with mistletoe. 

Jorge G Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico (2000-2003), is a Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American Studies at New York University.

In a matter of months there will be a general election in the United Kingdom.

Health By Dr Neeraj Jain, MD, DNB, MNAMS (Consultant Ophthalmologist)What is squint?

For this week’s column, let me begin by re-emphasizing a couple of observations I have made about global inter-governmental negotiations thus far, as I continue to evaluate the low-carbon development strategy and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), between the Government of Guyana and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, as well as its related Joint Concept Note between the two parties to the agreement.

Business Page– Christopher Ram, Managing Partner, Ram & McRae, Chartered Accoun-tants.

I remember long ago saying to that warm and intelligent human being, Winnie Gaskin, Minister in the PNC government at the time, that I wasn’t interested in politics, that I grew bored by its petty complexities, that I loathed its sour and unbrotherly antagonisms, that I had better things to do than get mixed up in all the unsavoury manoeuverings that went into lusting after political power. 

If you had asked me 10 years ago whether the United States will ever change its interdiction-focused counternarcotics policies – and perhaps even decriminalize marijuana consumption at home – I would have told you, “never.”

You can’t have Christmas without black cake – well maybe you can but then it wouldn’t be a Guyanese Christmas.

The Select Committee of the National Assembly on November 22, 2009 in a newspaper advertisement invited written submissions from consumers, dealing with the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Bill 2008.

It’s that time of year when we’re cleaning house and decking the halls.

Pet CornerContinued Bad breath Let us turn today to a problem which I had promised to address some time ago – bad breath (halitosis) in dogs, and the supposed cures associated with this problem.

Denise Dresser is Professor of Political Science, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.

By Dr Kiran Koora, MDS (Paedodontics) It is important that primary teeth are taken care of.